Am i entitled to inheritance?

Hi, I am 17. My father has 4 kids:2 from another woman and 1 me and another my sister from my mother. The children from the other woman do not let him become close to me and my sister and do not let us get into contact with him. As far as I know he has a property which he has given to his other 2 children. His other children do not let him give me and my sister any share. Can I still fight for my right, is there anyway I can get inheritance.

Do you, your father and all his children live in the UK?
Does your father financially support you and your sister?

No his other 2 children do not let him associate with me and my sister. Yes we all live in the UK. I am the youngest of his children. My mother is his wife by law- but are separated and he is living with his other children mother I guess she is his 'partner'. but legally it is my mother who is his wife.

Is your father alive or dead?

If he is alive and lives for some years, the circumstances are likely to be very different by the time he dies and it isn't worth thinking about them now. It is improbable that unless he is a very rich man that he has made a gift of a property to his other children in his lifetime. He may have left the property to his other children in his Will, but if he did that yesterday, he could make a new Will in your favour tomorrow and a third Will in favour of the Cats' Home the day after. Again, it isn't worth thinking about the position now.


If your father is dead, the position is very different. Are these other children older or younger than you and your sister? Does your father have a current spouse or partner and is that spouse or partner the mother of any of these children? Was your mother ever married to your father and if so has the marriage formally ended? Was your mother receiving maintenance from your father for herself, for you and your sister or for neither? Did your father live in England or Wales?

The probability is that you have a claim for reasonable financial provision out of your father's estate but the warning is that others may also have such claims and their claims may be better than yours, depending on the circumstances. Your mother (because you are still a minor and there is a very short time limit to do anything) should try and get an initial interview with a solicitor to discuss whether a claim is worth pursuing. The solicitor may be willing to give a free initial interview, but if not should offer your mother a fixed price for a short interview. Choose a solicitor who is a member of this organisation http://www.actaps.com/

If your father is alive, try and re-establish contact with him. Do so in the realisation that if his other children are younger than you, he may be unwilling to do so because he fears this may undermine his relationship with his other children or possibly their mother. Make sure that any approaches are by you and/or your sister (and don't involve your mother) and are non-judgemental about the breakdown of the relationship between your father and mother. You may have heard her side of the story or experienced that breakdown as a child living with her. You are unlikely to know the full story of their relationship.

my dad is alive but he is now on ventilator and spends most his time in and out of hospital. HE is living with a partner- that woman is the mother of his other 2 children aged 27 and 29. that woman does not let my father contact me and my sister and are extremely jealous and possessive. As far as I know, currently on his will 50% of the property he has given to his other daughter (from that woman). He has not given the other 50% to anyone yet. I am the youngest of his children, 17. I have a sister and we share same mum and dad and she is 27. He has never financially provided any support to us as.

Due to his deteriorating health he is currently on disability benefits. I would like to mention that my mum is legally his wife and they are still in marriage but separated. The woman he is living with is also the mother of his other two children one of whom he has given 50% property to on his will- but that woman is just a partner and not his official wife by law- my mum is.

I find it so unfair that he has never paid any attention to me and my sister and even when it comes to property he chooses his other daughter from that other woman and gives us nothing. Can I fight for my right before he decides to give the remaining 50% property to his other daughter? establishing a relationship with him is not possible because those other children have hogged my father and do not let him speak with us.